Which clinical parameters predict a positive CSF diagnosis of meningitis in a population with high HIV prevalence?

• Asıl Yazarlar: Will Loughborough (Yazar), Louisa Jones (Yazar), Michael Abouyannis (Yazar), Sharadh Garach (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: AOSIS, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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Background. The HIV epidemic has changed the aetiology of meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa, and frontline clinicians are faced with a variety of meningitic presentations. Doctors working in resource-limited settings have the challenge of appropriately selecting patients for lumbar puncture (LP), a p...